An estimated 250,000 youth are tried, sentenced, or incarcerated every year across the United States (campaign for youth justice). There is large controversy regarding whether or not children and young adults should be required to be sentenced as adults, regardless of their age and circumstance. This is believed to be the most logical way of approaching this matter because every case should undergo the same consequences despite the criminal’s circumstances. An opposing view would argue that it is necessary to take into consideration the situation of each criminal case before deciding on the punishment. They would also claim that children specifically, should be given another chance due to their lack of maturity.…
Omar S. Thorton, 34 an employee of Hartford Distributors located in Manchester Connecticut arrived at work at seven am on a Tuesday morning for a scheduled disciplinary meeting. Mr. Thorton had been recently observed on the companies surveillance cameras stealing beer. Mr. Thorton had only been employed with the family owned company for approximately two years. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mr. Thorton was provided with a choice, quit or be fired. As a result, Mr. Thorton drew a hand gun and began shooting fellow employees throughout the building.…
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On January 22, 2016, in northern La Loche Saskatchewan, a terrifying and traumatizing shooting took place at The La Loche Community School. Four victims were murdered,including two teachers and two brothers, and another seven injured. The victims have been identified as Marie Janvier (Teacher), Adam Wood (Teacher), and brothers, Dayne and Drayden Fontaine. The murderer was identified as a 17 year old male student, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The male suspect has been charged with four counts of first degree murder, seven counts of attempted murder, and one count of unauthorized possession of firearms.…
Case Number 2: In the early afternoon of December 22, 1984, four juvenile African-American men boarded the New York City subway, in which Bernhard Goetz shot and seriously wounded all four teenagers, after they allegedly tried to mug him. Nine days after the incident, Goetz eventually surrendered to law enforcement. In the process of People vs. Goetz’s trail, he was charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and several firearms offenses, however, a jury found him not guilty of all charges except for one count of carrying an unlicensed firearm, for which he served eight months of a one-year sentence. The incident sparked a nationwide debate on race and crime in major cities and the legal limits of self-defense, incidence…
“On 02/28/2016 at 11:12 am, the victim was outside playing on a trampoline when the suspect shot him in the right leg. The suspect was interviewed by Det. Johnakin, and he confessed he was showing the gun towards the victim when he accidentally pulled the trigger and fired the weapon. The suspect stated he had found the firearm behind a trash can in the Merrifield’s neighborhood. Officers on scene recovered the firearm in the next yard over, and the suspect stated he had thrown the gun along with the shell casing into that yard.…
On the same afternoon fishermen recovered the victim’s body from the river. Simmons, meanwhile, was bragging about the killing, telling friends he had killed a woman “because the bitch seen my face.” The next day, after receiving information of Simmons’ involvement, police arrested him at his high school and took him to the police station in Fenton, Missouri. They read him his Miranda rights. Simmons waived his right to an attorney and agreed to answer questions.…
Democratic societies like Canada and the United States follow the unwritten and underlying principle of “rule of law”. The rule of law ensure that a certain level of procedural justice are achieved in trials, as they provide the court with a basic grid of evaluation. However, such procedural processes were not respected in the Bryant-Milam trial, as the the two social categories of race and social class tarnished the processes of the trial, fostering impartial judicial proceedings and ultimately disallowing justice. The trials ability in achieving justice was deterred as occupational status and race contaminated and fostered impartiality amongst the jury, the witnesses and the provided evidence; three of the fundamental components of a judicial proceedings.…
Mr. Ede was walking along Albert St about 1.30pm when he was allegedly assaulted before falling and hitting his head on concrete; the unprovoked attack resulted in the death of Mr. Ede. After 12 months, the accused will finally stand trial charged on the crime of “Unlawful Striking causing Death.” The defendant, Mr. Mayot will be the first person in the state to be charged with this crime. Another prevalent case in regards to this issue was the horrific attack of an 18-year-old aspiring Water polo player, Cole Miller. He was walking home from a night out in Fortitude Valley, when he was struck in the head.…
Latamarin Locklin, recalled the aftermath of the shooting. “When he ran in I just screamed,” she said. “His jaw was just hanging off and it was just a big hole in his face. I just threw him on the couch and laid him in my arms and put pressure on his mouth with the towel.” Locklin couldn’t understand why this sick individual shot the kid.…
Zenger Trial The Trial of John Peter Zenger was a momentous event that not only impacted the colonies and questioned the act of seditious libeling but also brought about the new notion of freedom of speech in the press. His courage and daring determination to challenge someone in such a imperative place of power was an inspiring moment to the people of the colonies and overseas in Great Britain. John Peter Zenger was a German Born, American Printer and Journalist who started the New York Newspaper named The New York Weekly Journal. Although Mr. Zenger started out his career with an eight year apprenticeship in New York under William Bradford, he relocated to Maryland to take on actual paid print-work.…
Juvenile Transfer Laws Alonza Thomas was a 15 year old teenager with no prior convictions or a record. He decided to run away from home and found himself staying with someone he thought he could trust. Unfortunately, the man he was staying with demanded that Thomas was to rob a gas station to pay him back in return for staying in his house and eating his food. The man supplied Thomas with a loaded gun to rob a gas station.…
Columbine shooting This story is about some kids that went in to a school and killed people with machine guns. This school is currently the most popular high school in the worlds. There were 12 students and 1 teacher killed. They killed a girl named Rachel that was a senior and she was such a nice girl she started a chain reaction that is all over the world. The kids that killed Rachel killed themselves at the scene.…
Elizabeth’s shirt is school-sponsored speech under the Hazelwood standard. To determine whether an activity is school-sponsored the following factors are assessed: whether or not the class was part of the school’s curriculum, whether or not the student receives a grade on the assignment, and who has the final say over the classroom material. Hazelwood Sch. Dist., 484 U.S. at 268.…
“I just wanna say i think killin’ is wrong, no matter who does it, whether it’s me or y’all or your government.” Matthew Poncelet spoke his opinion loud and clear. There are many different views on the death penalty. The two films, The Life of David Gale and Dead Man Walking put these views into perspective. David Gale has a very different background than Matthew Poncelet.…